I doubt anybody but the most rabid of Trek fans wants any figures from TMP, those were some really goofy costumes in that movie and so drab.

03-12-2007

BountyHunterScum

Got the corgi Star Trek ships today, very nice.

03-12-2007

JediTricks

How are the Enterprises? I haven't gotten them yet and haven't heard much about them.

03-12-2007

BountyHunterScum

They are very good quality, they aren't 100% metal but are still very good. Enterprise-D would have been super heavy if it were all metal. 1701 is a little heavier than 1701-D. The Deflector on D has the antenna sticking out a little in the middle. You know the oval dish in the middle its sticking out just a little. As if implying a connection to the TOS deflector design perhaps.

03-13-2007

BountyHunterScum

I just took these, some pics I took are blurry therefore pretty much worthless but I did get some really clear good ones.

Dang, the 'D is way bigger than the KBOP, is the package the same size on them? Does the 'D separate at the saucer as well? I may have to track that baby down. Kinda silly about the separate-piece deflector, you're probably right about the reasoning but it's not accurate. If I get the 'D, it'll likely be the last one I ever get unless DST blows me away with its release (should they ever get there).

I think I'm gonna hold back on the TOS one, wait for the DST version.

03-14-2007

BountyHunterScum

The Saucer does not seperate, 1701-D's dorsal warp nacelles and saucer are plastic everything else is metal except the deflector which is plastic too. 1701 is 90&#37; metal minus the warp pylons and engines and deflector. The BOP is about half metal top half of the aft section is plastic and so are the disruptor cannons. Saucer sep isn't really necessary considering it happened only a few times throughout the entire show and the couplings would probably weaken over time kinda like the Galoob 1701-D after a while the hooks didn't do such a good job holding the saucer in place. I think the Galaxy class deflector had a slightly protruding dish in the middle. I do mean slightly, it was so close that you pretty much couldn't tell. The packages are slightly different in size 1701-D's obviously being the largest of them.

The Saucer does not seperate, 1701-D's dorsal warp nacelles and saucer are plastic everything else is metal

Daaaamn, my jaw just dropped with that one. The warp nacelles should have no reason to be plastic beyond the bussard collectors, and the saucer should only be plastic if it's going to come off! I am stunned, STUNNED at this turn of events.

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1701 is 90% metal minus the warp pylons and engines and deflector.

The warp pylons and engines being plastic seems weird to me, these are areas that are constantly getting misaligned in other versions because they're plastic - they do look proper in your photo though, so that's not too bad.

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The BOP is about half metal top half of the aft section is plastic and so are the disruptor cannons.

Yeah, I have it already, I'm familiar.

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Saucer sep isn't really necessary considering it happened only a few times throughout the entire show and the couplings would probably weaken over time kinda like the Galoob 1701-D after a while the hooks didn't do such a good job holding the saucer in place.

That was a pretty lousy design, but I've always felt it was a necessary element to the ship.

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The packages are slightly different in size 1701-D's obviously being the largest of them.

How much different, are the cardboard endcaps bigger too? Not sure why, but I am curious why they went with this tube thing if it wasn't uniform.

It's a little lumpy, but it's not disconnected from the rear part. The Ertl's colors and shapes are slightly wrong in other ways too though, and I cannot think of a single version that's EVER gotten the deflector right anyway.

I don't know if you noticed but the package says the Defiant Voyager and Romulan Warbird are due. In a nutshell the tubes fit the ships height and width for the most part. These pics hopefully give an idea of difference. Got these from ebay.